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Our guide while explaining
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Don't expect a gloomy place,
on the opposite...
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Everything is ready
for the line to be reconnected
to North Korea
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Everything is ready
for the line to be reconnected
to North Korea
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South Korea wishes to
open the border
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The train Seoul- Dorasan
is colourfull
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Dorasan Station is a railway station situated on the Gyeongui
Line, which once connected North and South Korea and has now
been restored. For several years the northernmost stop on the
line was Dorasan Station.On December 11, 2007, freight trains
began traveling north past Dorasan Station into North Korea,
taking materials to the Kaesong Industrial Region, and returning
with finished goods. On December 1, 2008, however, the North
Korean government closed the border crossing after accusing
South Korea of a confrontational policy. So today it's the northermost
point you can reach by train: the station is currently served
by four daily trains from Seoul, which are used mostly by tourists.
You can enter and visit the station. You'll notice the explicit
wish by South Koreans to reopen the line to North Korea, with
the aim to be reconnected with the EuroAsian railway sistyem,
making so possbile to reach Paris by train
IMJINGAK PARK
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Bombed locomotive
found in DMZ
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The entertainment park.
Will it be the same on the other side?
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South Korean families
having fun
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South Korean families
setting up tents just for the day
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Will it be visibile
from North Korea?
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Our lunch not bad at all
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Imjingak and sometimes in English called the Imjingak "resort",
is a park located on the banks of the Imjin River in the city
of Paju, South Korea. The park has many statues and monuments
regarding the Korean War including a bombed locomotive found
in the DMZ after 30 year. There is also a restaurant, an observation
deck, a pool in the shape of the Korean peninsula, and even
a small amusement park. It's quite a popular spot where you'll
see many South Korean family enjoying the week ends.
The park was built to console those from both sides who are
unable to return to their hometowns, friends and families because
of the division of Korea.
JSA (THE PANMUNJON VILLAGE) AND CAMP BONIFAS
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The pass I got to enter JSA
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JSA, where South and North Korea
look face to face each other
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The conference room
built across the border
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The real border
is just a concrete slab
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The table in the conference room
where the meet for negotiaton
(the border line is in the middle)
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South Korean guard inside
the conference room
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The souvenir shop in the JSA
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The southern border of the DMZ
on the way to Seoul
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Camp Bonifas
Camp Bonifas was a United Nations Command military post located
2 km south of the JSA (so 2 km from the border) but 400m form
the southern border of DMZ.. It was returned to the Republic
of Korea in 2006. In Camp Bonifas you be asked to change the
bus getting on a militar one to visit JSA (Punmjun village).
Here you'll be shown an interesting history of the Korean War
and there's a souvenir shop plenty of DMZ gadgets.
JSA (Freedom House, Conference Room, Bridge
of no Return)
The Joint Security Area (JSA) is the only portion of the Korean
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where North and South Korean forces
stand face-to-face. It is often called the "Truce Village"
or the 'Panmunjon village'.
The JSA is used by the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements:
you'll see the conference room inside which a table is set over
the demarcation line where the two Koreas can sit without exiting
their own country. The border itself (demarcation line) it's
not fenced, but just a few centimeter high concrete slab. Here
you'll breath the tension among the parties and the rules on
how to move and what to photograph are very tight. Don't expect
to poke around where you want snapping what you want: in particular
you'll be severely instructed to take picture only toward North
Korea.
There'r a lot of recent events connected to JSA, among which
the major one is the axe
murder incident when a trimmed tree was going to be the
spark of the 3rd world. You will be shown a memorial standing
where the tree was placed. .
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